# Help index

Please start by reading the [Manual](Manual.md)

You may find yourself coming back to 

* [the description of the Carp language](LanguageGuide.md) 
* [its libraries.](Libraries.md)

Also there is documentation about:

* [C Interop](CInterop.md); 
* [how to contribute](Contributing.md);
* [support for implementig interfaces for datatypes based on their members](Derive.md); 
* [custom resource deallocation](Drop.md); 
* [where we are going with Carps dynamic evaluator](DynamicSemantics.md); 
* [programming embedded devices](Embedded.md); 
* [formatted output with (fmt) and (fstr)](Format_Strings.md); 
* [hacking the compiler itself](hacking.md); 
* [working with the REPL](HowToRunCode.md); 
* [how to install and set up Carp](Install.md); 
* [working with Macros](Macros.md); 
* [Memory Management](Memory.md); 
* [an invitation to use Carp for sound and graphics](Multimedia.md); 
* [common patterns in Carp programs](patterns.md); 
* [using quasi-quotation in macros and dynamic functions](Quasiquotation.md); 
* [things to remember for each new Carp release](ReleaseChecklist.md); 
* [some clarification on the terminology we use to explain things](Terminology.md); 
* [editor support and tooling](Tooling.md).